Five random things today
Posted on | November 9, 2007 |
I want to write, but cannot make my fingers agree with me. Bullet points are easier.
Five random things I did in the past 24 hours:
* Tried on almost every single shirt or sweater in my possession and found all to be lacking in one way or another. I hate that.
* Taught first graders about the two body parts of a spider (abdomen and cephalothorax)
* Cried in my husband’s arms in bed from sheer exhaustion and overwhelm (being there in those arms—the best thing that happened all day.)
* Tried to skip a page in Beatrix Potter’s Jemima Puddle Duck while reading to Bean, but got in trouble because he seems to know every freaking word. Of every book we own. Time to get new books, I think.
* Took a walk in the cold wearing a powder blue down jacket and woolen hat. It’s starting to feel almost wintry here.
What did you do today?
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November 9th, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
~worked late so I could leave feeling like I had accomplished something and not worry about it over the weekend.
~met a friend for coffee/ tea at Starbucks. Had the best conversation I’ve had with a friend in weeks. So glad I didn’t cancel on her.
~got angry at work and felt excited that I have an interview on Monday.
~picked up Italian on the way home so we could eat in our PJs instead of going out for dinner.
~cuddled with my husband and watched Grey’s.
November 9th, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
1. Skipped my workout this morning before school to catch a little more precious sleep to rest and build immunity from the cough/cold my youngest son has.
2. Went to school full of dread and utterly exhausted - three long nights of P-T conference in one week.
3. Sat in the library’s child-sized chairs with an aching back during our inservice on gang activity in our school/community.
4. Came home to my family and tried my best to salvage the rest of our sunny but cool afternoon. We hiked at a local park until sunset when my husband had to run off to his part-time job and I heated up leftovers for supper.
5. Watched the Wizard of Oz with my feverish little boy falling asleep while I rocked him. Tried to focus on him though I felt myself space off worrying about work.
November 9th, 2007 @ 10:33 pm
~ cuddled my stepdaughter as she cried over her latest conflicts with her mother and the kids at school
~ had an anxiety attack about quitting my job and having no income as I build my graphic design business
~ watched the rain clouds over the Santa Susanna Mountains, and felt glad for their cleansing
~ went over the expenses spreadsheet (again) with my husband and, as always, got depressed at our inability to shave so little off the outgoings
~ stitched baby Tessa’s patchwork blanket with its soft green corduroy backing, and wished I could do this all day, every day
November 9th, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
Oh, I hear you on those days of exhaustion… I used to sob about the job, how teaching can drain you, then you come home, and you don’t even have time for yourself, or space for yourself. I admire how you are able to make your way through each day, with Bean, finding yourself. And so happy to hear about your graduate school future!
November 10th, 2007 @ 6:19 am
It’s mid-morning here now while I’m writing this answer and thinking of you.
I’ve slept in, showered, dressed, made the kids do the same (plus made them empty wastebaskets), eaten lunch, fed the kids, checked email, put in a load of laundry, filled and started the dishwasher and made the bed. Now we’re going to the mall for gym shoes (Karin) and Father’s Day (Swedish-tomorrow) gifts. TOnight we’re going bowling with my sister-in-law’s family.
November 10th, 2007 @ 8:44 am
Ugh, I have the same wardrobe problem. The same book-memorizing toddler dilemma, too!
November 10th, 2007 @ 5:55 pm
1. Cried behind my closed door of my office. Just overwhelmed and discouraged. Success has an upside AND a down side. Right now I’m living the down side.
2. Cheered from the bleachers as my son (head football coach at a local college prep high school)lead the team into the final playoff games.
3. Drank my first-of-the-season Starbucks Egg nog latte
4. Cuddled with my five year old grandson as he told me he loved me.
5. Prayed for rest, gave thanks for the lessons children teach me.